To be in touch with death, and the darker side of life, makes the lighter side more enjoyable. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
There is sort of an unspoken 'no skateboarding' clause on tour that I break pretty often. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
The feeling that you want the listener to get, you should get yourself when you first hit that chord, and that melody… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
There are just as many dirt bags in independent music as there are in major labels. — Matt Skiba Dirt Copy Share Image
Making your band your career just seems like a pipe dream when it's not happening, and when it does, it seems so… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
They're great players. I'm not a Blues Traveler fan, though. I get it, but it's not for me. — Matt Skiba Blues Copy Share Image
We certainly are proud of our punk-rock heritage, but when people who like other kinds of music are into your band, it's… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I see kids in Cradle of Filth shirts at our shows, which is awesome. — Matt Skiba Awesome Copy Share Image
Even when I'm old and grey I'll probably be cruising around and bunny-hopping and stuff. In the words of the Descendents, "I… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I don't think we're any more preoccupied by life and death or heaven and hell than anyone else, but it's fun to… — Matt Skiba Death Copy Share Image
I used to race at the YMCA in Crystal Lake, Illinois, they used to have a dirt track there, and there was… — Matt Skiba Crystals Copy Share Image
I have the '86 Haro Master that I built. It was the bike I wanted as a kid and couldn't afford, and… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
The Church of Satan was something, aesthetically, that we were always really fascinated with and wanted to emulate. I think it's a… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
My parents have always been very supportive. But now that I play in Blink, all of my parents' friends are so jazzed… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
There are things about this country that are horrible; there's things about this country that are beautiful. I've been almost everywhere, and… — Matt Skiba Beautiful Copy Share Image
We have this song called 'Radio,' and I wrote that song when we needed one more song for a record. So I… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I love working with my band-mates in Alkaline Trio, but to make a rock record that was just mine was something that… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
Heaven and hell are something that people create to make some people feel guilty and other people like myself laugh. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
Jesus was not born on December 25th. There's carbon evidence of it. That freaks people out. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
A cousin of mine was a graphic designer, and he took me as a kid to see Flesh for Lulu and Social… — Matt Skiba Chicago Copy Share Image
They are one of my favorite bands and one of my first musical loves: Devo. — Matt Skiba Bands Copy Share Image
Falling in love with somebody is like a rush of heroin, and trying to break up with somebodyis like trying to kick… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
There was some real bad alternative - 'alternative' - stuff that came out in the '90s that's completely cringe-worthy. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I honestly couldn't have asked for or expected the amount of love and support I've received from a large majority of Blink's… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
In this day and age, though, no matter how many people you play for, if you're playing with a band like Blink,… — Matt Skiba Age Copy Share Image
The extent of my personal BMX adventures were all [on] dirt tracks. But just the aesthetic of it that early-to-mid-'80s BMX is… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
At an early age I told myself I would never quit skating, I would never quit riding BMX and being a motorcycle… — Matt Skiba Age Copy Share Image
With Alkaline Trio, we are who we are. We never really feel too confined, but when we get together, there is an… — Matt Skiba Freedom Copy Share Image
It's never been about what we want others to see: it's about what we want to see; it's about what we want… — Matt Skiba Career Copy Share Image
For Alkaline Trio, Chicago is our hometown. The band started there. Even though we all live in different cities now, we still… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I was thinking about hitting races and stuff, but it's just, I think it's more of the era of when I was… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
We've had kids come to our shows and ask us why we hate Jesus. It's like, 'Well, we don't hate Jesus at… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
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